Gloucester Democratic City Committee

The Gloucester Democratic City Committee (GDCC) will hold their caucus to elect convention delegates on Thursday, June 17 at the Gloucester Fraternity Club, 27 Webster St., Gloucester.

Voting to elect 16 delegates and 16 alternates to the 2021 Massachusetts Democratic State Platform Convention will be by wards, each of which has an allocated number of delegates. Registration for the caucus will open at 5:30 PM and anyone interested must be checked in by 6 PM. Participants must be registered Democrats.

This year’s state convention will be held on September 25, 2021, at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. Democrats from across the Commonwealth will come together to adopt a new party platform for the 2022 election cycle.

The GDCC caucus will precede the June monthly meeting with special guest speaker, Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards. Edwards has led efforts to protect Boston’s affordable housing stock through innovative and bold policy proposals and will be speaking on the HOMES Act and Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) zoning report.

Members and friends are welcome to attend. This will be an in-person meeting event that begins with Registration and Caucus at 5:30 PM, followed by GDCC business meeting at 7 PM, and speaker program from 7:30 to 8:45 PM.

For more information contact GDCC Chair Matthew Murray with any caucus questions at chair@gloucesterdemocrats.org or at 978-239-2205.

To join the meeting using Zoom, click or tap here (http://bit.ly/GDCC-May-2021) when the meeting is scheduled to start. Alternatively, you can enter meeting ID 812-0302-4897 and password 725900 into Zoom to join. To join the meeting by phone, dial 1-929-436-2866, enter meeting ID 812-0302-4897, press pound (#) when asked for a participant ID, and enter password 725900.

350 MA North Shore is an initiative connecting and organizing a strong grassroots coalition to address climate change and build a better future beyond fossil fuels.

Members should review the past meetings minutes.

To join the meeting using Zoom, click or tap here (http://bit.ly/GDCC-Apr-2021) when the meeting is scheduled to start. Alternatively, you can enter meeting ID 847-4263-5507 and password 992850 into Zoom to join. To join the meeting by phone, dial 1-929-436-2866, enter meeting ID 847-4263-5507, press pound (#) when asked for a participant ID, and enter password 992850.

The Gloucester Democratic City Committee will be holding a virtual meeting on Thursday, March 11th at 7:00 PM. Members and friends may participate with video using Zoom on a computer or mobile device or may call in using a traditional phone.

Our March guest speakers include Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce 2021 President, Susan Coviello, along with Nancy Gerardi, Regional Director and Rosa Taormina, Business Advisor of the MA SBA’s Northeast region.

It was one year ago this month that the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and most U.S. states, including Massachusetts, began to implement closure orders for schools, daycare, bars, restaurants and non-essential retail. With vaccinations in full force, virus numbers on the steady decline, and local businesses gearing up to reopen, join us to learn from two regional business associations about what will our local economy look like?

Members should view last month’s minutes prior to the meeting.

To join the meeting using Zoom, click or tap here (http://bit.ly/GDCC-Mar-2021) when the meeting is scheduled to start. Alternatively, you can enter meeting ID 890-8387-4767 and password 502207 into Zoom to join. To join the meeting by phone, dial 1-929-436-2866, enter meeting ID 890-8387-4767, press pound (#) when asked for a participant ID, and enter password 502207.